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Newspaper

Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Mar 11, 1943

Page

2

Sanitation Slides Shown At County Health Meeting

Howard Weindel sanitation officer presented slides on good and bad sanitation at the Douglas County health unit board meeting. Inspectors photographed dairy barns yards cafes markets and stores. Grade A inspections available to farmers while herd checks require a licensed vet. Grade C milk in Lawrence runs 50 to 60 gallons daily. Dr H L Chambers discussed a trailer camp suit and Topeka meeting on reportable diseases and tuberculosis regulation changes. Weindel seeks renewal of draft deferment due May 1 and has applied for a army commission. Sanitation in restaurants discussed as four establishments were ordered to clean up by the state hotel and restaurant commission. Attending were Ralph Pine W C Hunsinger Lloyd Houston Mrs Carroll D Clark Mrs H B Chubb and Mildred D Watson with about a dozen staff and advisory members.

Howard Weindel Douglas County Health Unit Weindel Lawrence H. L. Chambers Eudora Topeka Draft Board Health Board Selective Service Board State Hotel and Restaurant Commission Ralph Pine W. C. Hunsinger Lloyd Houston Carroll D. Clark H. B. Chubb Mildred D. Watson Advisory Council

Three Art Groups Meet at K U for Demonstrations

Bernard Frazier of K U will lead a sculpture demo in Spooner Thayer basement. Joan Justice will demonstrate airbrush technique from 8 to 4 30. Jewelry making demo by K U students at the same hour. A banquet at 6 15 in the Kansas room features Nadyne Brewer and a vocal trio with speeches.

Bernard Frazier K.U Spooner- Thayer Joan Justice School of Fine Arts Kansas Room Union Building Nadyne Brewer Meribah Moore Ruth Prentice Betty Griffith Suzanne Schmidt Alicé Moncrieff Deane W. Malott D. M. Swarth Al‘Yen Crafton Kansas United States University Fraser Theater Jerry Congo Dorothy Purdy Alice Brown Lawrence Junior High T. D. Jones Haworth Hall Robert Cook Oread High School Kansas State Art Teachers’ Association Bernard Frazier Karl Fattern Spooner-Thayer Museum

Wichita Girl’s Slogan Aims to End Absenteeism

Senator Capper drew attention to a Wichita girl, Carol Gragg, and her absenteeism slogan at the aircraft plant. Gragg’s line “You een s spell victory with an absent Senator Capper R Kan” was cited on the Senate floor as an example of morale boosting during wartime.

Washington, Mar Carol Gragg Wichita Kan Capper R.-Kan Senate

RAF Bombing Campaign Wrecks German Factories Homes

Air raids over Germany continue at about 10 000 tons monthly. Air Minister Sir Archibald Sinclair told the House of Commons that the bombardment has destroyed over 2 000 German factories and left more than 1 000 000 Germans homeless.

London R.A.F Europe Archibald Sinclair House of Commons

Supply of 1943 Car Tags Exhausted in This County

The Douglas county treasurer's office ran out of 1943 car tags and only issues receipts for purchases of 1948 tags. About 2,000 motorists from other states face a dilemma as 1942 plates are also depleted. 30 percent of Kansas counties are out of 1942 plates. Tags sold total 7,760 of 1948, with a prior year total of 7,934.

Douglas County Steinhaus State Vehicle Department Northeast Tool and Die Company Kansas City Roy Flory Kansas

Beauty contest finalists announced by the Jayhawker

Jayhawker editor John Conard lists 21 finalists for the beauty queen contest after a secret board could not trim to 15. Names include Rosemary Brannie, Gloria Brinkman, Margaret Butler, Imajean Butterworth, Annabel Fisher, Charlotte Frichot, Alice Goff, Beverly Hamilton, Dorothy Hardie, Norma Henry, Shirley Henry, Dale Jellison, Mary Morrill, Nancy Jane Petersen, Sarepta Pierpont, Jean Rose, Shirley Salley, Joyce Shook, Jackie Starr, Martha Thompson. YMCA secretary Harry O Kane reports Y membership fell from 600 to 250 this year as military service rises.

John Conard The Jayhawker Conard A. Varga Jayhawker’s Secret Varga Rosemary Brannie Newton Gloria Brinkman Emporia Margaret Butler Kansas City Imajean Butter

KU Student Housing Association Plans Co op Moves

At a KU meeting the Jayhawk Co-Op will close for the duration. Jayhawk boys move to Rock Chalk and John Moore Co-ops while Kaw Keettes move into the Jayhawk Co-Op for the duration.

University of Kansas Student Housing Association Jayhawk Jayhawk Boys Rock Chalk John Moore Kaw

Col Gentry Leads Borden General Hospital in Chickasha

Col E R Gentry, class of 1905 president, now heads Borden General Hospital at Chickasha Oklahoma. He is a prominent medical figure known for discovering Malta fever carrier and germ on the south Texas plains.

Col E. R. Gentry Borden General Hospital Chickasha Oklo Gentry South Texas

WAVES Recruit from University Sparks Campus Rush

Joy Howland a University sophomore from Atwood received orders to report for active WAVES duty. She will join Hunter College New York March 25, with the university refunding fees and granting partial credit. Coordinator Laurence Wonodruff noted no sex was mentioned in withdrawal records.

Joy Howland Atwood Joy Hunter College New York N. Y AERC Laurence Wonodruff

V-1 Reservists Put Off V-5 V-7 Examinations

The latest report to Lawrence Woodruff shows V-1 reservists who are at least sophomores will not take the entrance exam for V-5 or V-7 until the current semester ends.

Laurence Woodruff

Senate rejects farm deferment plan opens path to broader draft bill

The Senate voted 49 to 32 against Senator O'Mahoney's measure to widen draft deferments for farm workers. The result appears to clear the way for more sweeping legislation that would defer workers employed substantially full time on farms.

Washington Mar Senate O’mahoney D-Wyo

Republicans Back Rums Plan to Abate Taxes

The House Republican Steering Committee laid plans to align party strength behind the Rums plan to abate a year's income taxes and place the nation's 44,000 taxpayers on a pay as you go basis.

Washington Mar House Republican Steering Committee

Kansas Academy of Science to Mark 75th Anniversary

The Kansas Academy of Science will celebrate its 75th anniversary at the April annual meeting at the University of Kansas. Dr. Raymond H. Wheeler will speak on climate cycles and civilization, with Dr. Walter B. Sears as chief speaker. The society has about 600 members including life, honorary, and group members.

Kansas Academy of Science University of Kansas Raymond H. Wheeler Walter B. Sears Oberlin College Oberlin Kansas Society Academy Wheeler Society Kansas Academy of Science Department of Agriculture of State of H. A. Zinser Hays L. D. Bushness Manhattan John C. Frazier F. W. Albertson

Deaths and Funerals Ira Burnell Tra Burnell

Ira Burnell Tra Burnell aged 58 a Kansas City resident died yesterday at noon at his sister Mrs Henry Mathias home in Eudora He formerly lived in the Hesper neighborhood Funeral services are set for tomorrow at 1 pm from Schubert funeral home Rev P D Pittman officiating Burial will be in Gardner cemetery He is survived by a son Orville of Emporia two daughters Adene Burnell and Mrs W I Rector both of Emporia three sisters Mrs Mathia Mrs Roy Kurtz and Mrs Leota Koch and one brother Hd Burnell all of Eudora

Ira Burnell Tra Burnell Kansas City Henry Mathia Eudora Hesper Schubert Funeral Home P. D. Pittman Gardner Cemetery Orville Emporia Adene Burnell Mathia Roy Kurtz Leota Koch Hd Burnell

Sid Rogers Dies at 71 Former Lawrence Resident

Sid Rogers 71 a former Lawrence resident died at his Spring Hill home this morning Funeral services are set for Saturday at 2 pm at Rumsey funeral home conducted by Rev Herbert Brockman Burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery Survivors include his wife a daughter Opal Branson of Peoria Ill and three stepsons Richard Schelhorn Lawrence Floyd Schelhorn Odessa Tex and Mrs Margaret Woodcock Lawrence

Sid Rogers Lawrence Spring Hill Rumsey Funeral Home Herbert Brockman Oak Hill Cemetery Opal Branson Peoria Ill Richard Schelhorn Floyd Schelhorn Odessa Tex Margaret Woodcock

Mrs Hill P Wilson Rites Scheduled at Rumsey Funeral Home

Funeral services for Mrs Hill P Wilson who died yesterday at age 3 will be held at Rumsey funeral home at 4 30 p m Friday with Rev Theodore Asz man officiating.

Hill P. Wilson Rumsey Funeral Home Theodore Aszman

Survey Is Made at the Municipal Airport Today

Civil Aeronautics Administration district engineer R. D. McDonald visited the Municipal airport at the request of city and University officials to survey future improvement or enlargement possibilities. He said the mission is planning in nature with no definite plans yet. joined by George Hedrick J C Harper and Prof H S Stillwell for the inspection.

R. D. McDonald Civil Aeronautics Administration Kansas City MacDonald George Hedrick The Chamber of Commerce J. C

LaGuardia Eyes North Africa Post as Libya Administrator

New York Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia may seek a role in North Africa, reportedly aiming to oversee Italian colonies in Libya, according to today’s dispatch from Washington. The proposal would place the prominent city leader in a high administrative capacity overseas.

LaGuardia Washington New York F. H. LaGuardia North Africa Libya

Allen on Athletics at Kiwanis Meeting

Dr. Forrest C. Allen spoke to Kiwanis at Wiedemann's, arguing the three hour coaching system will not return after the war and predicting pro basketball within two decades. He criticized Big Six practices, praised college athletes, and lauded the Kansas team's championship season and its players.

Forrest C. Allen Kiwanis Club Wiedemann's Allen Dr. Allen Landis

Orcutt Recital Showcases American Piano Masters

Ruth Orcutt delivered an American program displaying superior pianism and musicianship. She honored teachers Edward Collins and Ernest Kroeger and composers Carl Preyer and Robert Palmer, offering MacDowell and Palmer pieces with notable sensitivity and a buoyant Preyer transcription of Strauss. The audience responded with hearty applause and multiple floral tributes.

Ruth Orcutt Edward Collins Chicago Ernest Kroeger St. Louis K. A Carl A. Preyer Robert Palmer Preyer Miss Orcutt Mr. Preyer MacDowell Renius America Orcutt Lil David Palmer Mr. Palmer Cyril Scott Carpenter Griffes Kroeger

Roosevelt Nominates Spaatz and Patton for Lieutenant General

President Roosevelt named two top North Africa leaders to lieutenant general. Army officers Maj. Gen. Carl A. Spaatz, son of the allied air force in North Africa, and Maj. Gen. George S. Patton Jr., commander of armored divisions there, were slated for the advancement.

Washington Roosevelt Carl A. Spaatz Allied Air Force North Africa George S. Patton

Too Late to Classify in The Journal World Column

The Journal World reaches about 55 000 readers daily and many follow the Too Late to Classify column each day. The note highlights the column as a staple in local listings and a daily source for notices and brief announcements.

Journal-World

Medical Depart­ment Technicians School Feeds Army Medics

On the Mississippi river in St. Louis the medical department technicians school trains soldiers to repair and move vital X ray and anesthesia equipment. The fifth class has 74 men with goal of 300 by June, each graduate receiving a tool kit for field repair.

St. Louis Mar Mississippi River United States Medical Department Technicians School Royal K. Stacy St. Louis Medical North Africa Southwest Pacific Mart Altho Hawaiian Islands Japan Pearl Harbor St. Louis Medical Department Stuart G. Smith New York

Lawrence school principal returns after 13 day illness

Principal Ralph Graber resumes duties at Liberty Memorial high school after a 13 day flu absence. County rationing board issues tires and tubes certificates totaling quantities for implement and various grade passenger tires and truck components. Harold Snider presses for reduced benefit district payments as highway revenue declines. Douglas county farm women start grapefruit juice canning amid season pricing.

Ralph Graber Liberty Memorial High School the Rationing Board Harold Snider Douglas County Dorothea Schroeder

Visit of Airman William Howie to his mother in town

Staff Sgt. William Howie arrived for a short leave to see his mother Mrs. J. L. Howie at 1810 Kentucky street. He is a heavy bomber combat crew member and will be transferred to the air base at Topeka.

William Howie J. L. Howie Kentucky Street Topeka

Collision causes minor damage to two cars in city

Slight damage occurred in a collision between Mrs. D E Hoover of 736 Mississippi and Walter Monroe of 400 Mississippi yesterday afternoon at the intersection of Eighth and Kentucky streets.

D. E. Hoover Mississippi Walter Monroe Mississipni Eighth Kentucky

County agents assist on farm layout near Overbrook

Deal Six county agricultural agent visited the farms of Herbert Stultz and J. B. Murphy along the west county line near Overbrook to help lay out terraces.

Deal Herbert Stultz J. B. Murphy West County Overbrook

K U Brainbusters Quiz on Airplanes and Aircraft

The K U Brainbusters quiz program on KFRKU from 9 30 to 10 tonight will be on the tonic Airplanes and Aircraft. Contestants include Henry Stilwell Fletcher McCord K W Davidson and Ruth Orcutt with Fred Montgomery as master of ceremonies.

KFRKU Henry Stilwell Fletcher McCord K. W. Davidson Ruth Orcutt Fred Montgomery

Fort Worth Publisher's Son Reported Missing in Tunisia

Second Lieut. Amon G. Carter Jr. son of the Fort Worth publisher and a field artillery forward observer, is reported missing in action in Southern Tunisia on March 3 and feared to be a prisoner in German hands.

Carter Tunisia Amon G. Carter, Jr Fort Worth Tex

French Soldiers Aid the Allies In World War II News

Frontline reports say Soviet forces beat back heavy German tank and infantry assaults near Kharkov, destroying tanks and capturing equipment. In Tunisia, Montgomery's forces press Mareth Line defenses as air and sea control tighten and Axis prospects dim.

Berlin Naz Ukraine Russia Kharkov Bernard L. Montgomery Mareth Tunisia 8Th Army Montgomery Metaoui Gafsa Algiers K. A. N. Anderson First Army Sedjenane Niles Biwerte Dwight D. Eisenhower Sedjenana Downorade Royal Navy Rommel

Coffeyville Unions Threaten Labor Bill in Holiday Warning

Rep. Don ald Stewart and Rep. Richard Becker read a telegram from Coffeyville labor unions calling a labor holiday over a senate approved bill requiring registration of union agents and filing of financial statements. The message signed by Tom Gray warned of continued holidays in industries under contract with local crafts in Coffeyville district.

Topeka Donald Stewart Independence Richard Becker Coffeyville Tom Gray Coffeyville Central Labor Union Central Union Coffeyville Central Union Becker

Army air cadets advance in training network notes

Elapsed text mentions Elden C. Tefft promoted to sergeant while serving as a radio mechanic with a bomber training squadron at Deming New Mexico. Also referenced are Aviation Cadet Robert C. Allphin in Altus Oklahoma and Second Lt. William Mackie transferred to Middletown Air Depot. A dental attention fact closes the snippet.

Elden C. Tefft Deming N. M University of Kansas C. E. Teffi Connecticut Street Robert C. Allphin Harry Allphin Kentucky Street Army Air Forces Advanced Flying School Altus Oklo George K. Mackie West Campus Road William Mackie Atlanta Alodietons Air Depot Middletown

Markets at a Glance From New York and Chicago

Market notes show stock advances with mixed leadership and hedging. cotton barely steady amid late liquidation. Chicago wheat mostly unchanged. corn steady at ceilings. hogs steady with top price near 15.50. Grain prices in Chicago hold firm with wheat supported by flour demand. futures closed little changed to higher across May and July, with corn at ceilings and oats steady.

New York Chicago Southwest Kansas City

Wheat and corn futures totals rise amid strong trading

The report notes wheat futures purchases yesterday totaling 4,954,000 with weekly and yearly figures at 6,176,000 and 2,827,000 respectively and a total debt interest in wheat futures of 33,162,000 and in corn 76,504,000, with unclear context.

Kansas City Livestock Market Report March 11

Hogs 700 head steady to 30 higher top 14.90. good and choice 170-weight and up 14.90. Cattle 1000. calves 100. killing cattle steady to mixed. veal steady. Feeders and stocker cattle unsettled, prime fed steers mostly 14.25 to 16.00. cows 11.50 to 13.00. bulls up to 13.76. Sheep 300. lambs steady, top 16.25 for early woolies, others 16.18 to 15.85. several loads 15.40 to 15.85.

Kansas City Livestock Kansas City Carly

Estimated Livestock Receipts Ahead for Tomorrow

Estimated livestock receipts for tomorrow include 350 cattle 60 calves 1000 hogs and 1000 sheep as reported. Kansas City cash grain data show mixed changes with wheat and corn activity and various price levels across classes.

Kansas City Mar USDA

Kansas City Market Report March 11 1939 Prices and Livestock

Kansas City market update lists prices for broilers turkeys and eggs with figures for butterfat grain futures and livestock. Wheat at 1.30 yellow corn 90.5 oats 57. Poultry notes include tight and heavy categories. Cocks and hogs show listed prices.

Wall Street Rebounds After Downturn on Broad Rally

The stock market regained momentum in a midmarch session with about 1.4 million shares traded as leaders nudged higher. Investors cheered profit cashing on the prior upswing while gains spread across steel, rubber, and speculative issues and several blue chips hit new 1948 peaks.

New York Wall Street Texas and Pacific Railway Erie, Texan Co Goodyear Ugoorrich fool=worth Paramount Pictures Bath Iron Works Dreaxer Mig Allied Chemical Alleg

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